whose work in the public defender's office with mano for many years, my pleasure to introduce michelle tong. [cheers and applause]. >> can you see me? [laughter]. >> i would like to recognize a few more individuals who we did not honor earlier. there are county developer who is in the house. [cheers and applause] , we also have judge harold tong [cheers and applause] , and i believe judge roger chen is here. [applause] , and if there is anyone else, we apologize on behalf of mano, but that will fall on him. [laughter]. >> the lap -- the soul of a public defender is to be a voice for those who are little too brown, a little too poor, ignored because they are too homeless, and a little bit too affected by their mental health on top of being charged with a crime. when our fearless late leader, jeff adachi, was snatched away from us without fair notice or warning, every person in my office was devastated, and i practice this, i'm supposed to get this out of the way. in the days and weeks that followed, we were all like fish out of water, gasping for air, wondering what was going to happen to ou